VISA AND OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS TO STAY IN FRANCE

For non-European students

Please find below details on how to read and understand your VISA. Always have a copy of your passport, visa and these official documents with you as it is not a good idea to keep the originals with you all the time.

We also advise you to keep a copy on a flash drive/memory stick (very useful in case you lose the originals).

Organization

> «VLS-TS visa»

You cannot study in France if you do not have a STUDENT status on your visa. It must state «ÉTUDIANT»

> VALID FOR / VALABLE POUR (WHERE)

It gives the territorial validity of your VISA.

> «France (sauf CTOM)»: means that it concerns French Nationals only, so VALID ONLY in France, except French Overseas Departments and Territories such as Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion, French Polynesia, Mayotte, Saint-Pierre et-Miquelon, Wallis-et-Futuna, New Caledonia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

> You can travel in all Schengen countries without extra administrative formalities.

Please note that the UK is not part of the Schengen area! Check on the UK embassy website if you need a visa!

ZOOM ON… SCHENGEN AREA

Schengen area countries ARE NOT European Union countries.

> The Schengen countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany , Greece, Hungary, Iceland (not a European Union Member State), Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein (not a European Union Member State), Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway (not a European Union Member State), Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (not a European Union Member State)

> The European Union and EEA (European Economic Area) include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.

FROM – UNTIL / DU - AU

> «From»: date from which you are legally authorized to enter the authorized territory.

> «Until»: date by which you must have left the authorized territory. These two dates determine your visa’s validity period (and not automatically the length of the authorized stay which is linked to the residence title you’ll receive once in France [residence permit / ANEF attestation].

TYPE OF VISA / TYPE DE VISA

> «D»: long-stay visa (for a stay over 3 months in France).

NUMBER OF ENTRIES / NOMBRE D’ENTRÉES

> «MULT»: means that you can enter the authorized territory as many times as you want

VERY IMPORTANT for VLS-TS

> If you wish to travel abroad WITHIN THE SCHENGEN AREA: your long-stay visa with MULTiple entries enables you to travel in the Schengen area, as a tourist, during 3 months.

> If you wish to travel abroad outside of of the SCHENGEN AREA or go to your home country for a few days:

> during the first 3 months after your arrival in France: your long stay multiple entry visa allows you to do so without having the ANEF attestation.

> after 3 months it is mandatory to have obtained the ANEF attestation to travel outside of France.

In case you did not apply for an ANEF within the mandatory period of time, you will have to apply for a new long stay visa to be submitted to the consulate or diplomatic representation of your home country.

DURATION OF STAY / DURÉE DE SÉJOUR

It gives the number of days during which you are authorized to stay in the authorized territory (according to the validity of your VISA).

ISSUED IN / DÉLIVRÉ À

City and country where your VISA was delivered / issued.

ON / LE

Date on which your VISA was delivered / issued.

REMARKS / REMARQUES

> R311-3 6° means once you have obtained the ANEF attestation, according to the article R311-36° of the Ceseda French law, students can work up to a maximum of 60% of the legal workload. It cannot exceed a total of 964 hours per year.

VISA VALIDATION - ANEF ATTESTATION

The procedure will have to be completed online. Further information will be given during Orientation week and at the International Relations Office.

VISA/CARTE DE SÉJOUR RENEWAL

The residence permit / carte de séjour is delivered as a laminated (plastic-coated) card (you cannot stick it in your passport). Don’t confuse the attestation of validation of your visa and the Resident Permit/Carte de Séjour.

You cannot renew your visa directly at the Prefecture, you are obliged to register online. Until October:

> In Lille, please contact Damien LEROUGE, 3 months before the expiry date of your current residence permit (d.lerouge@ieseg.fr) even if you live outside of Lille (in Paris or elsewhere in France).

> In Paris, please contact Elena DELOR (e.delor@ieseg.fr).

If you have not left France 90 days after the expiration of your residence permit, you will receive an official letter from French authorities requesting you to leave the country. You will not be able to return to France again if you do not comply to this rule.

Once the residence permit validity date expires, you can neither travel outside of France with it, nor come back to France. This means that you have left the country for good.